Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Calais, ME
March 18, 2024 10:56 PM ADT (01:56 UTC) Change Location
Sunrise 7:28 AM Sunset 7:36 PM Moonrise 11:47 AM Moonset 3:45 AM |
ANZ050 Coastal Waters From Eastport, Me To Schoodic Point, Me Out 25 Nm- 531 Pm Edt Mon Mar 18 2024
.small craft advisory in effect through late tonight - .
Tonight - W winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Tue - W winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. A few gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Tue night - W winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Wed - S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. A chance of showers.
Wed night - S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Rain likely. Vsby 1 to 3 nm after midnight.
Thu - W winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Rain and snow likely in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Vsby 1 to 3 nm in the morning.
Thu night - W winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
Fri - W winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, subsiding to 2 to 3 ft.
Sat - S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming se 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon, then becoming S in the evening, becoming W after midnight. Seas around 2 ft, building to 9 to 14 ft. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Vsby 1 to 3 nm in the afternoon.
ANZ005 531 Pm Edt Mon Mar 18 2024
Synopsis for eastport me to stonington me out 25 nm - Low pres exits across the maritimes tonight through Tue. Low pres tracks across the great lakes and sw quebec Tue night and Wed. Low pres develops near the coast of the gulf of maine Wed night, that tracks into the maritimes on Thu. High pres builds in Thu night and Fri, followed by a storm system approaching from the sw Fri night and Sat.
Area Discussion for - Caribou, ME
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Caribou ME 607 PM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024
SYNOPSIS
Low pressure slowly exits across the Maritimes tonight through Tuesday. Low pressure tracks across the Great Lakes and southwestern Quebec Tuesday night and Wednesday. Low pressure develops near the coast of the Gulf of Maine Wednesday night, that tracks into the Maritimes on Thursday. High pressure builds in Thursday night and Friday, followed by a storm system approaching from the southwest Friday night and Saturday.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/
Update...
Surface/upper level low pressure will remain nearly stationary across the Gulf of Saint Lawrence tonight. Snow/rain showers will diminish early tonight with the loss of diurnal heating.
Moisture wrapping around the Gulf of Saint Lawrence system will then keep mostly cloudy skies along with scattered snow showers across the north and mountains overnight. Little or no snow accumulation is expected tonight. Across Downeast areas, expect mostly cloudy skies early tonight. Partly cloudy skies are then expected overnight. Low temperatures tonight will range through the 20s north, to the upper 20s to around 30 Downeast.
Previous Discussion...
The region remains at the base of a closed low over the Maritimes through Tuesday morning. Another shortwave ahead of a negatively tilted trough pushes in Tuesday afternoon, with the risk of isolated to scattered snow (and possibly rain showers)
mainly across northern portions of the County. Highs on Tuesday should be around 5 degrees above normal, from the lower 30s to mid 40s.
SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/
Pseudo clipper-type system will be approaching late Tuesday night but likely won't see any precip from it until mid-morning with rain showers along the coast, rain and snow showers up through about Bangor and snow showers remainder of the area at onset. By 18z Wednesday warm advection will result in likely pops acrs the northwest and portions of the Central Highlands, closer to best forcing with sfc low. Temps will rise into the lwr 40s over Downeast and possibly sneak into the u30s along the NB border which may result in a rain snow mix during the afternoon hours.
"Clipper low" will be captured by H5 wave Wednesday night. There are two different camps in regard to low pressure beyond Wednesday evening. 12z EC/CMC bottom it out below 990mb over Downeast while NAM/GFS keep it slightly weaker with more of an open wave at 500mb. As low pressure moves acrs the area overnight, exact track will determine ptypes overnight. Given it/s projected movement and timing Downeast should remain rain/snow mix most of the night before colder air gets draw in closer to daybreak to allow precip to switch over to snow, though this likely to be around the time the pcpn winds down.
Northern areas should remain all snow. Storm total snowfall will range from about 1-3 inches over Downeast to between 3- 6 inches from the Central Highlands over to Danforth and points further north.
Highs on Thursday will be slightly cooler than Wednesday with clouds and precip keeping temps down. Depending on how quickly low tracks into NB temps may reach their highs on Thursday morning before slowly falling all day. Westerly winds will begin to gust Thursday morning and continue into the evening hours with LLJ between 35- 45kts with higher terrain acrs the Central Highlands frequently gusting into the upper 30s.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/
Low pressure will head into the Canadian Maritimes Thursday evening with strong winds continuing across the area. HIgh pressure builds in rapidly on Friday afternoon and depending on how quickly it moves out will determine lows for Friday night.
At this time it appears to be brief as next system rides up along the eastern seaboard. 00z GFS is much more bullish and stronger with system tracking acrs western part of the area, while EC brings a weak low acrs the waters as does CMC.
Significant amount uncertainty with chc pops over the weekend at this point. Temps likely to drop below seasonal norms from Friday into early next week with large-scale trof impacting eastern U.S.
AVIATION /22Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
NEAR TERM: Generally VFR/MVFR across northern areas tonight through Tuesday. However, local IFR also possible with any snow showers. VFR Downeast tonight through Tuesday. West/northwest winds around 10 knots tonight, then 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to around 20 knots Tuesday.
SHORT TO LONG TERM: Tue Ngt...All terminals VFR with lgt winds.
Wed-Wed night...VFR/MVFR early becoming IFR in the afternoon in snow north and rain south. S 5-10kts Wed, becoming ESE 5-10kts in the evening, then 5-10kts late Wed night.
Thu...MVFR/IFR vsbys in snow north with rain/snow Downeast. W 10-20kts with gusts 30-35kts.
Thu Ngt...MVFR across the north in light snow showers with VFR Downeast. W 10-20kts with gusts to 30kts.
Fri...VFR. W 10-20kts and gusty.
Fri Night-Sat...VFR early becoming MVFR/IFR Saturday morning. W 5-15kts, becoming S 5-15kts Saturday.
MARINE
NEAR TERM: A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for much of the waters, with the exception of the intra-coastal waters, tonight. For now it appears all waters should be just below SCA conditions on Tuesday as the gradient continues to weaken with the departing/weakening low in the Maritimes. However a few gusts to 25 kt over the coastal ocean waters remain possible.
SHORT TO LONG TERM: No headlines through Wednesday. Seas and winds slowly increase Wednesday evening with winds increasing toward gale force Thursday morning over the outer waters and over the intracoastals in the afternoon. Seas increase to 8 feet on Thursday afternoon with seas dropping below SCA Friday morning.
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EDT Tuesday for ANZ050-051.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Caribou ME 607 PM EDT Mon Mar 18 2024
SYNOPSIS
Low pressure slowly exits across the Maritimes tonight through Tuesday. Low pressure tracks across the Great Lakes and southwestern Quebec Tuesday night and Wednesday. Low pressure develops near the coast of the Gulf of Maine Wednesday night, that tracks into the Maritimes on Thursday. High pressure builds in Thursday night and Friday, followed by a storm system approaching from the southwest Friday night and Saturday.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/
Update...
Surface/upper level low pressure will remain nearly stationary across the Gulf of Saint Lawrence tonight. Snow/rain showers will diminish early tonight with the loss of diurnal heating.
Moisture wrapping around the Gulf of Saint Lawrence system will then keep mostly cloudy skies along with scattered snow showers across the north and mountains overnight. Little or no snow accumulation is expected tonight. Across Downeast areas, expect mostly cloudy skies early tonight. Partly cloudy skies are then expected overnight. Low temperatures tonight will range through the 20s north, to the upper 20s to around 30 Downeast.
Previous Discussion...
The region remains at the base of a closed low over the Maritimes through Tuesday morning. Another shortwave ahead of a negatively tilted trough pushes in Tuesday afternoon, with the risk of isolated to scattered snow (and possibly rain showers)
mainly across northern portions of the County. Highs on Tuesday should be around 5 degrees above normal, from the lower 30s to mid 40s.
SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/
Pseudo clipper-type system will be approaching late Tuesday night but likely won't see any precip from it until mid-morning with rain showers along the coast, rain and snow showers up through about Bangor and snow showers remainder of the area at onset. By 18z Wednesday warm advection will result in likely pops acrs the northwest and portions of the Central Highlands, closer to best forcing with sfc low. Temps will rise into the lwr 40s over Downeast and possibly sneak into the u30s along the NB border which may result in a rain snow mix during the afternoon hours.
"Clipper low" will be captured by H5 wave Wednesday night. There are two different camps in regard to low pressure beyond Wednesday evening. 12z EC/CMC bottom it out below 990mb over Downeast while NAM/GFS keep it slightly weaker with more of an open wave at 500mb. As low pressure moves acrs the area overnight, exact track will determine ptypes overnight. Given it/s projected movement and timing Downeast should remain rain/snow mix most of the night before colder air gets draw in closer to daybreak to allow precip to switch over to snow, though this likely to be around the time the pcpn winds down.
Northern areas should remain all snow. Storm total snowfall will range from about 1-3 inches over Downeast to between 3- 6 inches from the Central Highlands over to Danforth and points further north.
Highs on Thursday will be slightly cooler than Wednesday with clouds and precip keeping temps down. Depending on how quickly low tracks into NB temps may reach their highs on Thursday morning before slowly falling all day. Westerly winds will begin to gust Thursday morning and continue into the evening hours with LLJ between 35- 45kts with higher terrain acrs the Central Highlands frequently gusting into the upper 30s.
LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/
Low pressure will head into the Canadian Maritimes Thursday evening with strong winds continuing across the area. HIgh pressure builds in rapidly on Friday afternoon and depending on how quickly it moves out will determine lows for Friday night.
At this time it appears to be brief as next system rides up along the eastern seaboard. 00z GFS is much more bullish and stronger with system tracking acrs western part of the area, while EC brings a weak low acrs the waters as does CMC.
Significant amount uncertainty with chc pops over the weekend at this point. Temps likely to drop below seasonal norms from Friday into early next week with large-scale trof impacting eastern U.S.
AVIATION /22Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
NEAR TERM: Generally VFR/MVFR across northern areas tonight through Tuesday. However, local IFR also possible with any snow showers. VFR Downeast tonight through Tuesday. West/northwest winds around 10 knots tonight, then 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to around 20 knots Tuesday.
SHORT TO LONG TERM: Tue Ngt...All terminals VFR with lgt winds.
Wed-Wed night...VFR/MVFR early becoming IFR in the afternoon in snow north and rain south. S 5-10kts Wed, becoming ESE 5-10kts in the evening, then 5-10kts late Wed night.
Thu...MVFR/IFR vsbys in snow north with rain/snow Downeast. W 10-20kts with gusts 30-35kts.
Thu Ngt...MVFR across the north in light snow showers with VFR Downeast. W 10-20kts with gusts to 30kts.
Fri...VFR. W 10-20kts and gusty.
Fri Night-Sat...VFR early becoming MVFR/IFR Saturday morning. W 5-15kts, becoming S 5-15kts Saturday.
MARINE
NEAR TERM: A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for much of the waters, with the exception of the intra-coastal waters, tonight. For now it appears all waters should be just below SCA conditions on Tuesday as the gradient continues to weaken with the departing/weakening low in the Maritimes. However a few gusts to 25 kt over the coastal ocean waters remain possible.
SHORT TO LONG TERM: No headlines through Wednesday. Seas and winds slowly increase Wednesday evening with winds increasing toward gale force Thursday morning over the outer waters and over the intracoastals in the afternoon. Seas increase to 8 feet on Thursday afternoon with seas dropping below SCA Friday morning.
CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ME...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EDT Tuesday for ANZ050-051.
Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
PSBM1 - 8410140 - Eastport, ME | 14 mi | 56 min | W 1.9G | 40°F | 39°F | 29.41 | ||
CFWM1 - Cutler Farris Wharf, ME (8411060) | 30 mi | 56 min | W 4.1G |
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Airport Reports
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Robbinston
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Mon -- 12:11 AM EDT 2.90 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 03:44 AM EDT Moonset
Mon -- 06:18 AM EDT 18.26 feet High Tide
Mon -- 06:34 AM EDT Sunrise
Mon -- 11:46 AM EDT Moonrise
Mon -- 12:52 PM EDT 2.12 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 06:39 PM EDT Sunset
Mon -- 07:01 PM EDT 16.67 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Mon -- 12:11 AM EDT 2.90 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 03:44 AM EDT Moonset
Mon -- 06:18 AM EDT 18.26 feet High Tide
Mon -- 06:34 AM EDT Sunrise
Mon -- 11:46 AM EDT Moonrise
Mon -- 12:52 PM EDT 2.12 feet Low Tide
Mon -- 06:39 PM EDT Sunset
Mon -- 07:01 PM EDT 16.67 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Robbinston, Maine, Tide feet
12 am |
2.9 |
1 am |
3.6 |
2 am |
6 |
3 am |
9.3 |
4 am |
13.1 |
5 am |
16.4 |
6 am |
18.2 |
7 am |
17.8 |
8 am |
15.8 |
9 am |
12.9 |
10 am |
9.4 |
11 am |
5.7 |
12 pm |
2.9 |
1 pm |
2.1 |
2 pm |
3.3 |
3 pm |
5.9 |
4 pm |
9.3 |
5 pm |
12.9 |
6 pm |
15.7 |
7 pm |
16.7 |
8 pm |
15.9 |
9 pm |
14 |
10 pm |
11.3 |
11 pm |
8 |
Tide / Current for Grand Manan Channel (Bay of Fundy Entrance), New Brunswick Current
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Mon -- 02:48 AM ADT 1.57 knots Max Flood
Mon -- 04:42 AM ADT Moonset
Mon -- 06:05 AM ADT -0.00 knots Slack
Mon -- 07:33 AM ADT Sunrise
Mon -- 09:40 AM ADT -1.47 knots Max Ebb
Mon -- 12:47 PM ADT Moonrise
Mon -- 12:49 PM ADT 0.00 knots Slack
Mon -- 03:45 PM ADT 1.33 knots Max Flood
Mon -- 07:38 PM ADT Sunset
Mon -- 07:45 PM ADT -0.00 knots Slack
Mon -- 10:34 PM ADT -0.71 knots Max Ebb
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Mon -- 02:48 AM ADT 1.57 knots Max Flood
Mon -- 04:42 AM ADT Moonset
Mon -- 06:05 AM ADT -0.00 knots Slack
Mon -- 07:33 AM ADT Sunrise
Mon -- 09:40 AM ADT -1.47 knots Max Ebb
Mon -- 12:47 PM ADT Moonrise
Mon -- 12:49 PM ADT 0.00 knots Slack
Mon -- 03:45 PM ADT 1.33 knots Max Flood
Mon -- 07:38 PM ADT Sunset
Mon -- 07:45 PM ADT -0.00 knots Slack
Mon -- 10:34 PM ADT -0.71 knots Max Ebb
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Grand Manan Channel (Bay of Fundy Entrance), New Brunswick Current, knots
12 am |
0.2 |
1 am |
0.9 |
2 am |
1.4 |
3 am |
1.6 |
4 am |
1.3 |
5 am |
0.7 |
6 am |
0.1 |
7 am |
-0.6 |
8 am |
-1.1 |
9 am |
-1.4 |
10 am |
-1.5 |
11 am |
-1.2 |
12 pm |
-0.6 |
1 pm |
0.1 |
2 pm |
0.8 |
3 pm |
1.2 |
4 pm |
1.3 |
5 pm |
1.1 |
6 pm |
0.7 |
7 pm |
0.3 |
8 pm |
-0.1 |
9 pm |
-0.4 |
10 pm |
-0.7 |
11 pm |
-0.7 |
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